A summary of the 1851 and 1868 treaties

The Great Sioux Nation, whose real name is the Oceti Sakowin, is comprised of seven sub-nations who spoke the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota language. The Tituwan sub-nation spoke the Lakota dialect and lived in the western most portion. The Oceti Sakowin (Great Sioux Nation) occupied a vast land area that covered 24 American states and parts of 4 Canadian Provinces. Other smaller nations also lived within the area as the Indigenous concept of territory followed natural law and was much different than the European concept of territory. The people of the Oceti Sakowin (Great Sioux Nation) originated from the mouth of Wind Cave in the Black Hills. The Black Hills were so sacred that they were used for ceremonial, prayers, medicinal, and burial purposes only.

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July 16, 2009

Rapid City, SD--Representatives from a Canadian Indigenous nation, the Kakisiwew-Ochapowace Cree, will be meeting at the Mother Butler Center with the Tetuwan Oyate, Teton Sioux Nation Treaty Council. The two-day event is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, July 27 & 28, 2009, beginning at 9:00 AM.

Wes George, Kakisiwew-Ochapowace Cree Nation, Treaty 4 Territory in Canada, who has been attending sessions of the United Nations in New York City and Geneva, Switzerland, for many years will lead the discussion on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Another speaker is Sharon Venne, Ph.D., an attorney for the Dine in the Northwest Territories, Canada. Ms. Venne was the Chairperson-Rapporteur for the Second United Nations Expert Seminar on Treaties and has been attending meetings at the United Nations for more than thirty years. Charmaine White Face, Spokesperson for the Teton Sioux Nation Treaty Council which was established in 1893, will give a presentation on the Eighth Session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues held this past May among other reports.

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"...CONCLUSION Various historians has determined that the "Sioux Nation Treaty Council" formally formed in 1894, shortly after the Wounded Knee massacre. The Sioux Nation Treaty Council represents all of the Sioux Tribes (Approx 49 Tribes), and all other Sioux Treaty Councils would be subordinate to it, regardless of the Treaty Council's name...." See Bielecki Report pages 7 & 8, Oct. 5, 2008 (Bielecki Report)